Loose card-leaf for temporary binders.



J. L. GARFIELD.

Loose CARD LEAF FoR rEMPoRARY BINDERS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 21,1912.

Patented May 16, 1916 2 SHEETS-SHEET I- l/VVEA/of? Jwwgmm wZZ,

J. L. GARFIELD.

LoosE CARD LEAF FUR TEMPORARY RmnERs.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 2l. |912.

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TAIVIES LYON GARFIELD, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA LOOSE CARD-LEAF FOR TEMPORARY BINDERS.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented May 16, 1916..

Application filed November 21, 1912. Serial No. 732,708.

To @ZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES LYON GAR- FIELD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Loose Card- Leaf for Temporary Binders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates broadly stated to that style of temporary binders designed for use in hotels, offices and like places of business, the loose leaves of which binder are constructed and arranged for removably holding a series of cards inscribed with certain memoranda.

The invention has particular relation to the construction of a loose leaf for such binders and the invention has for its principal object to provide a leaf of simple, efficient, substantial and comparatively inexpensive construction in which cards not specially made, except as to size in one direction only, may be readily inserted and held securely and neatly in place.

Other objects of the invention reside in the providing of general details of construction and arrangement of parts as will hereinafter more fully appear.

The invention stated in general terms comprises certain novel combinations and arrangements of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and finally pointed out in the claim.

The nature, characteristic features and scope of the invention will be more fully understood from the following description, taken in connection lwith the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof and in which Figure 1, is a view of one face of a loosecard leaf embodying the invention, Fig. 2, is a similar view of a slightly dierent form, Fio. 3, is a View in section, taken upon the linke 3--3 of Fig. 1, Fig. 4, is a view in section, taken `upon the line 4-4 of Fig. 1, Fig. 5, is a view in section, taken upon the line 5 5 of Fig. 1, Fig. 6, is a view in section, taken upon the line 6-6 of Fig. 2, Fig. 7, is a view in section, taken upon the line 7-7 of Fig. 2, Fig. 8 is a view of one face of a loose lea-f embodying a slightly modified form of construction, Fig. 9, is a similar View of a slightly different form, Fig. 10, is a view in section, taken upon the line 18--18 of Fig. 8, Fig. 11, is a View in section, taken upon the line 19--19 of Fig. 8, Fig. 12, is a view in section', taken upon the line 20-20 of Fig 8, Fig. 13, is a view in section, taken upon the line 21-21 of Fig. 9, and Fig. 14, is a View in section, taken upon the line 22-22 of Fig. 9.

Referring to the drawings, there is shown a physical embodiment of the loose-card leaf for temporary binders embodying the invention the saine beng constructed in accordance with a method best known to me at this time for practising the invention. IIn the drawings, the loose-card leaf is designated 8, and may be constructed of any suitable material, such as paperoid, iiberoid, leather, linen, paper, cardboard and the like and is perforated at its stub end 26, whereby the saine may be bound with similar leaves in a temporary binder not shown in the drawings and which may be of any preferred form. In practice, the perforations are preferably reinforced with eyelets 14, of metal or other suitable material. As illustrated in the drawings, the corners at the top of the leaf 8, may be rounded as at a, and the lower corner of the leaf at the stub end thereof, may be rounded as at o, the remaining corner of the leaf being angular as at o.

Referring now more particularly to Figs. 1, 3, 4, and 5, the leaf 8, is shown as being provided upon its opposite faces with vertically disposed strips 9, preferably of the same material as the leaf 8. These strips 9, parallel the stub edge of the leaf 8, but are removed some distance therefrom or in other words, they are located beyond the eyelets 14. These strips 9, as shown in the drawings, extend from the bottom edge of the leaf 8, to within a short distance of the top edge of the leaf 8. These strips 9, in practice, are glued or pasted directly to the leaf 8. Similarly secured strips 9, parallel the opposite edge 27, of the leaf 8, said strips coming flush with said edge as shown in Figs. 8, 4, and 5. Obviously, the strips 9, may extend to the leaf top if desired, in which event the outer upper corner a, will be angular. Glued or pasted upon the strips 9, at the stub edge of the leaf 8, are other sti-ips 10, of like material of the same height as the strips 9, lout of a width in excess of the width thereof, so as to over-hang the strips 9, to form a continuous groove d, which extends throughout the entire height of the parts 9, and 10. Glued or pasted to the strips 9, at the edge 27, of the leaf 8, is a generally U-shaped binding strip 11,

the free ends of which extend beyond the strips 9, to form a continuous groove e, upon each side of the leaf 8. In this connection, it may be remarked that the U-shaped strip 11, in addition to forming the grooves e, protects the edge 27, of the leaf 8, and also reinforces the lower corner c, of the leaf 8. As this corner c, is much handled in practice, obviously, the reinforcing is important. Likewise the upper and outer leaf corner isreinforced when the strips 9, and 10, are extended to the top edge.

The upper and lower overhanging ends of the strips 10, and 11, as shown may be, if desired, securely fastened with respect to the leaf 8, preferably by metal staples 15. Thus, the grooves d, and e, formed by the strips 10, and 11, and leaf 8, are closed at ,their tops and bottoms and in effect provide upon opposite faces of the leaf 8, continuous pockets to receive a single vertical column of cards 13, of the same width but which may be of varying heights. The grooves d, and e, when closed top and bottom, prevent the cards 13, from sliding out of the pockets either at the top or bottom of the leaf 8. In practice, the strips 9, beneath the strips 10, and 1l, are made of slightly thinner material than are the cards 13, so

-,that, when the cards are in proper position upon the leaf 8, and within the grooves d, and e, a tight t is maintained. It is to be noticed at this point, that a number of cards of like width and of the same or varying heights may be accommodated by the above described loose leaf.v Further, the cards may be inserted within the grooves d and e, readily and expeditiously by slightly bending the cards and inserting first one edge and then the other edge beneath the strips 10, and 11. Further the cards may be inserted at any point between the top and bottom of the pocket. A loose-card leaf of the above description is particularly adapted among other purposes for use in connection with a hotel oiiice, where individual memorandum cards of various guests are kept on file containing information as to where to forward mail and telegrams during a certain period of time and containing other useful data. Such cards are placed within theV pocket of one of the above described leaves of a temporary binder and remain there until said cards are obsolete, whereupon the same may be readily removed and filed away, without disarranging any of the other cards that may be upon the same leaf.` In this connection, it may be stated that as the material from which the leaves are constructed is usually of flexible character, the cards may be readily inserted and removed without tearing of the cards or tearing of the strips 10, and 11. While the above description has been restricted to a loose-card leaf equipped on both faces with card holding pockets, obviously, if so desired, the pockets may be formed upon one side only of the leaf, and further instead of the pockets ranging vertically of the leaves, obviously, the same may be arranged horizontally with respect thereto.

Referring now to Figs. 2, 6, and 7, the loose-card leaf therein disclosed is of the same construction as above set forth, with this exception, that the leaf 8, is designed to provide double pockets for card holding. Arranged intermediate of the strips 10, and 11, upon each side of the leaf 8, are additional strips 9, and other complemental strips 12. These strips 12, overlie the strips 9, and form additional grooves, and staples 15, may close the grooves f, top and bottom as before described.

In Figs. 8, to 14, inclusive, there is disclosed a slightly modified form of a loosecard leaf both of the single and double pocket type as above described. Referring now more particularly to Figs. 8, to 12, inclusive, the strips 9; hereinbefore mentioned are omitted and in lieu thereof, the strips 23, and 24, are glued or pasted directly to the leaf 8. The positions of the strips 23, and 24, are relatively the same as the strips 10, and l1, but arecrimped or bent over along their free'edges so as to form grooves h, to accommodate the cards 13. Staples 15, may be present, if desired, as before described for securing the top and bottom portions of the crimped or bent free parts of the strips 23, and 24.

Referring now to Figs. 9, to 14, inclusive, the construction therein disclosed is the same as kthat shown in Figs. 8, to 12, with this exception, that the leaf 8, has arranged intermediate of the strips 23, and 24, a central strip 25, the opposite edges of which are crimped or bentup to form the grooves g, see Fig. 13.

Having now described the nature and objects of the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A loose-card leaf embracing a one piece thin backing the lower outer corner of which is angular and at least some of the remaining corners of which are rounded, said backing having a stub portion which is apertured for attaching purposes, vertical, parallel strips permanently secured to each face of said back to provide alined pairs and so constructed that each strip has an overhanging edge free of a face of the backing to form a continuous and unobstructed groove throughout the height of a strip, of which at least one set of alined strips is disposed some distance beyond the apertured portion of the stub and of which the outermost strips constitute a border piece of U-shaped cross-section for embracing the leaf edge including said lower angular corner all of said strips extending from the backing bottom .w w D 0 L W E .t I m w e nu MG m. N L P O Ys K e Y m0 m L n S n E C.J m M EM a A'usm ,n TU%EL Nm Y G m MAW .m @www w .mn @pwd 0 ho 1 t fee om em. m Emme .h mfm e aea V Mews 1m mfg whom I @www d, snm m mmh W @mmm W apli t .H 0 napmS m o .1 ntod La .1 t. hgimngt n.mbhvmn wwwmmm .mbaob 5 

